Method of conveying oil.



v M. 0. LOOMAN.

METHOD OF CGNVEYING OIL.

APPLICATION FILED MAK. 25 1914.

v Patented Jul 25, 1916.

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MILO D. LOOMAN, OF ORCUTT, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD E.FORBES, 0F ORCUTT, CALIFORNIA.

METHOD OF CONVEYING OIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MILO D. LOOMAN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Orcutt, in the county of Santa Barbaraand State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Methods of Conveying Oil, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to a method of conveying oils or the likethrough pipes or conduits, by passing the same over relativelystationary bodies of water held within the lower portion or bottom ofthe pipe.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pipe embodying my invention,Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the same, Fig. 3is a transverse sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1, and, Fig. 4:is a similar view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the numeral 5 designates my conduit, as a whole, whichis provided at longitudinally spaced intervals with outwardly bulgingpockets or portions 6, having curved tapered ends 7, as shown. Betweenthe outwardly bulging pockets are the normal portions 8 of the pipe,having a much smaller diameter, in comparison with the bulging pockets6, as shown. I have found that the best results are obtainable by havingthe outwardly bulging pockets or portions 6 of a substantially greaterlength than the diameter of the normal portions 8 of the pipe, as shown.The normal portions are shorter in length than the pockets or portions6, as shown. Each section of the pipe is so cut or made that its end isin the form of an outwardly bulging portion or pocket 6, preferablyexteriorly screwthreaded, as shown at 9, for connection with one end ofa corresponding pipe.

In the practice of the method, water is preferably first forced orpumped through the same whereby it will be collected in the lowerportions of the outwardly bulging portions or pockets 6, forming aseries of water puddles 10 which are connected and form in efiect acontinuous lower supporting stratum of water. The outwardly bulgingpockets 6 prevent this lower stratum of water from flowing or movinglongitudinally within the pipe. The oil to be passed through the pipe isnow fed into the same, and floats upon the lower continuous stratum ofsupporting water 10, whereby the oil is allowed to pass with the leastfriction. It is thus apparent that the oil is passed over a plurality ofstationary bodies of water, arranged in the bottom of the conduit orpipe, such bodies of water being more or less collected.

In conveying some oils containing a high amount of water, it is notnecessary to first fill the pockets 6 with water, as the same will befilled with the water carried by and precipitated from the oil. However,in each case, the pockets become filled with the water, forming ineffect a continuous lower supporting stratum of water, over and uponwhich the oil floats while passing longitudinally through the pipe.

Having described the claim 1. The method of conveying oil, whichconsists in passing the oil over a relatively stationary track of waterheld in the bottom of a conduit.

2. The method of conveying oil, which consists in passing the oil over aplurality of more or less connected relatively stationary bodies ofwater held in the bottom of a conduit.

3. The method of conveying oil, which consists in passing the oil over aplurality of relatively stationary bodies of water held in a conduit.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MILO D. LOOMAN.

invention, I

Witnesses:

A. F. FUGLER, E. E. FORBES.

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